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Number SA001
Class C (Aeroplanes)
Sub Class C1-h (Landplanes: weight 12,000 kg to less than 16,000 kg)
Group III (Jet)
Type of Record Time to climb to 6 000m
Course/Location Overberg, South Africa
Performance 00:01:10
Date 26/11/2005
Record Holder Dave Stock
Nationality South African
Aeroplane English Electric Lightning T5 (ZU-BEX)
Engine 2 Rolls Royce Avon 302 (16 300lbs)
World Record? No
Status Current Record

World Record – 1284
Number 1284
Class C (Aeroplanes)
Sub Class C1-q (Landplanes: weight 150,000 kg to less than 200,000 kg)
Group III (Jet)
Type of Record Speed over Recognised Course
Course/Location London (UK) – Cape Town (South Africa)
Performance 1 192.73 km/h
Date 28/03/1985
Record Holder Brian Walpole
Nationality UK
Aeroplane Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde (G-BOAC)
Engine 4 Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 (38050 lbs each)
World Record? Yes -1284
Status Current Record